Active optical primary mirror segmented technology is one of the most critical core technologies for ground-based large optical infrared telescopes. The co-phase segment of mirror surfaces is the fundamental guarantee for giving full play to the optical performance of large primary mirrors. To achieve this goal, the performance of the position actuators presents a huge challenge. Considering the two key indicators of control accuracy and power consumption, we developed a new compound position actuator, which consists of a fine-tuning mechanism and an active offloading mechanism. For this new type of actuator, we have developed a high-performance control system based on the active disturbance rejection control algorithm. The experimental results show that the position actuator system we developed can achieve high-precision position tracking and position control, can meet the index requirements.
In this paper, we propose a novel control method for high precision position control of large deformable mirrors with voice coil actuators. The controller consist of a low frequency force feedforward and a high frequency local position feedback.using force feedforward control, the dynamics of mirror can be contolled in faster settling times, and the local position controller based on the active disturbance rejection control(ADRC) algorithm guarantee the final stability of the high precision shape. we present the progress of the unit construction with a 7-actuator sub-system used to test the control method. Finally, by using experimental test, results confirm the validity of the proposed control scheme.
Adaptive optics is an essential technology for large ground-based telescopes to correct atmospheric disturbances. Presently the large-aperture adaptive deformable mirror uses piezoelectric actuator or voice coil actuator, however both of them have their own problems. Then Giant Magnetostrictive Material (GMM) actuator has great advantage as the actuator for large aperture adaptive mirror, which has large stroke, high bandwidth, high precision and doesn’t require high drive voltage. The research ‘s aim is to use the GMM actuator to drive the deformable mirror, and to build a large-aperture adaptive mirror calibration experiment platform to study this new material actuator in the adaptive mirror, at the same time adaptive deformable mirror’s control method would be studied. This research could be considered as a pre-research for GLAO system of Chinese large optical infrared telescope.
Large adaptive deformable mirror is becoming a trend for ground base telescope, at present almost all the large adaptive deformable mirrors in use are driven by voice coil, simultaneously the capacitive sensor is used as a feedback component. While the Eddy Current Sensor could have a lot of advantages over the capacitive one in large deformable mirror. In this research a prototype of 150mm deformable mirror is built, which is driven by 7 voice coil actuators, the ECSs are used in this prototype instead of capacitive ones. In the prototype experiment some standard low-order aberrations applied on the mirror could be corrected as expected, so it could be proved that the ECS could be used in large adaptive deformable mirror to take place of the capacitive one.
The imaging quality and resolution of telescopes are deeply affected by the vibration that caused by electromechanical system and wind shake. Normally, vibration is caused by insufficient damping of the structure. In this paper, an active damper system based on linear motor is proposed to suppress vibration. The model of the whole control system is established at the beginning of this paper. LQR (Linear Quadratic Regulator) algorithm is proposed and the simulation is performed based on actual parameters of system. The results show that the system has a higher stability with higher Q value. The dynamic characteristics of the structure was obtained by analyzing the modal test data from accelerators. The experiments have been carried out to test the performance of the system. The results indicated that the active vibration damper can reduce the structure vibration 93.8% at 5.5Hz and increase the stiffness of structure.
Currently, more and more telescopes were built and installed in Dome A of Antarctic. The telescopes are remote controlled, unattended operation due to Dome A’s environment. These telescopes must be work successfully at least one year without any failure. According to past experience, the power supply system is the weakest point in whole system. The telescopes have to stop if the power system have a problem, even a minor problem. So the high requirement for power supply system are presented. The requirement include high reliability, the self-diagnosis and perfect monitor system. Furthermore, the optic telescope only can work at night. The power source mainly relay on diesel engine. To protect the Antarctic environment and increase the life of engines. The power capacity is limited during observation. So it need the power supply system must be high power factor, high efficient. To meet these requirement, one power supply system was design and built for Antarctic telescope. The power supply system have the following features. First, we give priority to achieve high reliability. The reliability of power system was calculated and the redundant system is designed to make sure that the spare one can be work immediately when some parts have problems. Second, the perfect monitor system was designed to monitor the voltage, current, power and power factor for each power channel. The status of power supply system can be acquired by internet continuously. All the status will be logged in main computer for future analysis. Third, the PFC (Power Factor Correction) technology was used in power supply system. This technology can dramatically increase the power factor, especially in high power situation. The DC-DC inverter instead of AC-DC inverter was used for different voltage level to increase the efficient of power supply.
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